.Manijeh is a Partner and lawyer at WATSON Advisors Inc. where she helps strengthen and ready boards of directors to shape the future of their organizations. Through governance reviews, board and director evaluations, governance structure and framework development, facilitated conversations and governance education, Manijeh works with boards on a wide range of complex issues of governance and dynamics. Bringing nearly 30 years of experience as a leader in governance and law, Manijeh brings a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach to Boards and their directors and works across all sectors, including private and public companies, not-for-profit organizations, charities, pension and benefit plans, regulatory bodies, member-based organizations, and Crown and public sector organizations.As a former Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of a TSX-listed equity capital provider to private companies across North America, Manijeh has a passion and unique expertise for navigating various organizations through transition and change. With extensive experience as a director, corporate secretary and general counsel and a deep knowledge of emerging governance issues, Manijeh provides thoughtful insight and expertise to boards and management teams that are practical, effective and enhance their organization’s success. She is also a seasoned tax and corporate law specialist, with extensive experience advising organizations of varying size, complexity, and stage of transition with respect to governance, succession and continuity.Manijeh holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Concentration) and is a member of the law societies of British Columbia and Alberta. She also has her ICD.D certification through the Institute of Corporate Directors, her GCB.D designation through Competent Boards, and her TEP (Trusts and Estates Practitioner) designation through the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners. Manijeh also currently sits on the boards of the Vancouver Symphony Society (co-chairing the Governance, Nominations, and Human Resources Committee), VSO School of Music, and White Rock Museum & Archives (Chair, Governance & HR Committee) and is a member of the ICD’s BC Chapter executive.